Issue 3, 2019

Selective formylation or methylation of amines using carbon dioxide catalysed by a rhodium perimidine-based NHC complex

Abstract

Carbon dioxide can play a vital role as a sustainable feedstock for chemical synthesis. To be viable, the employed protocol should be as mild as possible. Herein we report a methodology to incorporate CO2 into primary, secondary, aromatic or alkyl amines catalysed by a Rh(I) complex bearing a perimidine-based NHC/phosphine pincer ligand. The periminide-based ligand belongs to a class of 6-membered NHC ligand accessed through chelate-assisted double C–H activation. N-Formylation and -methylation of amines were performed using a balloon of CO2, and phenylsilane as the reducing agent. Product selectivity between formylated and methylated products was tuned by changing the solvent, reaction temperature and the quantity of phenylsilane used. Medium to excellent conversions, as well as tolerance to a range of functional groups, were achieved. Stoichiometric reactions with reactants employed in catalysis and time course studies suggested that formylation and methylation reactions of interest begin with hydrosilylation of CO2 followed by reaction with amine substrates.

Graphical abstract: Selective formylation or methylation of amines using carbon dioxide catalysed by a rhodium perimidine-based NHC complex

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Nhl 2018
Accepted
08 N’w 2018
First published
12 N’w 2018

Green Chem., 2019,21, 538-549

Selective formylation or methylation of amines using carbon dioxide catalysed by a rhodium perimidine-based NHC complex

R. H. Lam, C. M. A. McQueen, I. Pernik, R. T. McBurney, A. F. Hill and B. A. Messerle, Green Chem., 2019, 21, 538 DOI: 10.1039/C8GC03094D

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